2007 Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century, died of intestinal cancer 2003 Dorothee Solle, German Theologian 2002 George Alec Effinger, writer, ", Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Stories, ", dies at 55 2002 Ruth Handler, inventor, invented Barbie, dies at 85 2000 Vickie Sue Robinson, disco diva, Turn the Beat Around, dies at 45 1999 Al Hirt, jazz master, trumpeter, dies at 76 1998 Carlos Castenada, Peruvian Writer 1997 Paul Lambert, actor (Tom-Executive Suite), dies at 73 1996 Joan Sterndale Bennett, actress (Elizabeth-Dark Shadows), dies at 86 1996 William Egan Colby, cIA Director, dies at 76 1996 William Colby, American Public Servant 1994 Jerome Lejeune, physiologist, dies at 69 1994 John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48 1994 Lynne Frederick Unger, actress (Trail of Pink Panther), dies at 39 1993 Hans Sahl, German/U.S. writer (Tie Exil im Exil), dies at 90 1992 Olivier Messiaen, French composer, dies at 83 1991 Ken Curtis, actor (Lost, Freckles, California Gold Rush), dies at 74 1991 Marcus Heeresma, writer/poet (Anna, Son of a Whore), dies 1989 Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese Businessman 1986 J. Allen Hynek, American Scientist 1984 Piet Kraak, Dutch soccer player, dies at 63 1982 Tom Tully, actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85 1978 Mohammed Daud, premier/president of Afghanistan, murdered 1977 Stanley Adams, actor (Lillies of the Field, Thunder Alley), dies at 61 1975 Nicholas Soussanin, actor (Last Command), dies at 86 1973 Libbe de Wal, founder of Humanistic Covenant, dies at 72 1972 Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62 1970 Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73 1969 Dino Terranova, actor (Young Dillinger), dies at 65 1965 Alan Bunce, actor (Albert-Ethel and Albert), dies at 61 1965 Edward R Murrow, newscaster (Person to Person), dies at 57 1965 Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist 1964 Georg Britting, writer, dies at 73 1961 Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 1959 Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies 1957 Mario A Gianini, creator (maraschino cherry), dies 1950 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70 1950 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies 1938 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 1937 Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 1936 Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 1936 Karl Pearson, mathematician, dies 1932 Harold "Heart" Crane, U.S. poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 1915 Alexander N. Skriabin, Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 1915 Alexander Scriabin, Russian Composer 1902 Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 1901 Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81 1893 John Murray Corse, U.S. general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday 1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. poet (Representive Men), dies 1881 Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 1872 Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 1871 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59 1813 Zebulon M Pike, U.S. explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 1806 Amalia Furstin Gallitzin, Prussian daughter of Golitsyn, dies at 57 1794 William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 1764 Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 1758 Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 1702 Jean Bart, French captain and sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 1695 Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Asbaje, Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 1694 Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 1682 Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies 1656 Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 1656 Jan J van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter, dies at 60 1605 Leo XI, Alessandro O de' Medici, Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 1521 Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 1404 Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 1124 Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies 1076 Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies
